Launching Fabric Watch - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

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Launching Fabric Watch

Launching Fabric Watch

Use Fabric Watch as an health monitor that allows you to enable each switch to constantly monitor
its SAN fabric for potential faults and automatically alerts you to problems long before they become
costly failures.. For more information about Fabric Watch, refer to the Fabric Watch Administrator's
Guide. For more information about Fabro OS access gateway, switches, and directors, refer to the
documentation for the specific device.
To launch Fabric Watch, complete the following steps.
NOTE
You must have Fabric Watch privileges for the selected device to launch Fabric Watch. If you do not
have Fabric Watch privileges, you will need to enter those credentials to launch Fabric Watch.
NOTE
You must have the Fabric Watch license for the selected device.
On the Connectivity Map, right-click the Fabric OS device you want to monitor and select Fabric
Watch > Configure.
Fabric Watch displays.
OR
1. Select a Fabric OS device.
2. Select Monitor > Fabric Watch > Configure.
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Fabric Watch displays.
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